'Police cannot be left to police themselves' - CIU receives brickbats
Activists cast doubts on impartiality of special police unit.
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Activists cast doubts on impartiality of special police unit.
The bill is merely a joke, says human rights group.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 ― Human rights group Eliminating Deaths and Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) claimed there was another death in police custody, this time in Kelantan. The victim was said to have been in custody for several days and had died on November 16, 2021. “Edict has been notified...
27 OCTOBER — Today, we — Amnesty International Malaysia, ARTICLE 19, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and Human Rights Watch — call on Members of Parliament in Malaysia to reject the deeply flawed Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) bill and move quickly to table a...
While there is little doubt that Malaysia desperately needs an independent oversight commission for the police, the IPCC bill, first tabled in August 2020, further weakens the already anaemic oversight mechanism currently in place and must be rejected.